Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hors d'oeuvres

While talking to my cousin the other day she asked if I had any recipes for hors d'oeuvres, and I said I was more a main course and dessert cook. However as I thought about it I realized, I like appetizers just not what people think of as hors d'oeuvres, little cheese cubes, pieces of fruit and Swedish meatballs are ok, but not my thing. So I decided to go with something I like.
Of course this could also work as something for lunch...

Ingredients:
1 package large tortillas
2 pounds Mexican ground beef (recipe to follow)
or
2 pounds Mexican chicken (recipe to follow)
Lots of Shredded Cheese (if you like spicy use pepper jack, if you like mild use Monterrey jack, if you like sharp use cheddar.)
Butter
Sour Cream
Salsa


Mexican Ground Beef
Brown 2 pounds of ground beef or chuck and drain it.
Stir in salsa, just enough to coat the meat and sit a little in the bottom of the pan, add some chili powder, taste and add more salsa or chili powder to taste.

Mexican Chicken
Slice 2 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts on the bias about 1/2 inch thick.
place in a pan with salsa and cook till done.

Quesadilla
Place the flour tortilla on a large plate, place several strips of chicken, or several spoon fulls of beef, on half of the tortilla and spread it around. Place lots of cheese on the meat, fold the tortilla in half, spread butter on the tortilla and place cheese side down on hot griddle, over medium heat. Place butter on the face up side, once the bottom side is golden turn, and cook till golden and the cheese is completely melted. Repeat till all meat is used.
Place on the plate and slice into triangles with a pizza cutter or large knife. Organize on a platter around bowls of salsa and sour cream.

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